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Malcolm Lubliner
Vintage Print - Legend

1988

About the Item

Malcolm Lubliner was in the right place at the right time. The artist had been working and teaching in Southern California for a number of years before he became a full-time photographer in 1968. Entrenched in Los Angeles’s burgeoning art scene, Lubliner was hired as a contract photographer for the publishing workshop Gemini G.E.L. to document its behind-the-scenes activities. He would later become the official photographer for the Art and Technology Program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which paired artists with technology companies in the region. Lubliner’s collection of negatives, contact sheets, and prints—newly catalogued as part of the special collections at the Getty Research Institute—showcases some of the 20th century’s most notable artists and demonstrates his insight into their artistic processes. Lubliner photographed the technical and collaborative efforts that went into producing iconic works such as Jasper Johns’s Numerals, Claes Oldenburg’s Giant Ice Bag, and Frank Stella’s Protractor series, while also creating intimate portraits of the individual artists as the driving forces behind them. He captured artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Irwin, Richard Serra, John Altoon, and Sam Francis at work both at Gemini and in their own studios. Also present in many of the photographs are staff members of Gemini, including Kenneth Tyler and Stanley Grinstein. An equally important part of the collection are Lubliner’s photographs of social events that were held by Los Angeles’s prominent art collectors and dealers. Accomplished and rising artists alike mingled and celebrated with the art world’s movers and shakers, such as Leo Castelli, Betty Asher, and Maurice Tuchman, establishing partnerships that would help define their careers. EDUCATION 1962 MFA Degree, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, Ca Received a California State Teaching Credential EXHIBITION HISTORY, SOLO 2013 The Automotive Landscape, St. Mary’s College Art Gallery, Moraga, CA 2011 Anxious Landscape, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. 2011 Pacific Party Time, Craig Krull Gallery and Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Garden of Arbitrary Volition, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 Tableaus, City Hall Rotunda, Walnut Creek, CA 2007 Portraits of American Artists, The 8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 Significant Places, Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA 2003 Significant Places, Bedford Gallery, City Council Chambers, Walnut Creek, CA 2001 Significant Places, Point of View, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA 2001 Osceola Gallery Emeryville, CA 1999 Sixteen Tableaus, Berlex Corporation. The Richmond Art Museum 1995 Sixteen Tableaus, The Collectors Gallery, Oakland Museum of California Oakland, CA 1995 Sixteen Tableaus, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1988 Introductions 1988, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988 Mitzie Landau Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA 1975 Automotive Research, The Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITION HISTORY, GROUP 2014 Pilot Project at the Richmond Art Center Annual Members Show, June 14 to August 22 2013 Me Two, Self portrait, Syracuse University permanent collection, Syracuse, NY 2009 Seduction of Duchamp, Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg, CA 2009 Glimpses in Time, National Competition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland CA 2009 Anxious Landscape, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 Banned and Recovered, African American Museum, Oakland, CA 2006 The 8 Gallery, Inaugural exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2006 Rush Creek Editions Gallery, Inaugural exhibition, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Transmissions Gallery, Berkeley CA 2005 The Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Center, Walnut Creek, CA 2003 Grabado sin Fronteras, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA , Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA and Estamperia of Quito Ecuador. 2002 Crocker Art Museum, Crocker-Kingsley 73rd Biennial Exhibition Sacramento,CA 1997 Oakland Museum of California, “In Front of the Lens” Photographers Portraits and Self Portraits, Oakland, CA 1996 Photographing The L.A. Art Scene 1955-1975, Group exhibition at The Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles 1994 Living in Balance, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 1993 36th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, N.Y. 1993 Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, East Hills, N.Y. 1993 4th Annual Art Equinox, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana. 1993 Portraits in Black and White, ZYZZYVA benefit, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993 Long Beach Arts 89th Open Exhibition, Long Beach, CA 1993 Fort Worth Arts Festival, Fort Worth, TX 1989 A Special Photographers Co., Group Exhibition, London, GB 1988 The Print Club, 64th Annual International Competition, Philadelphia, PA 1985 SNAP Photographic Competition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery San Francisco, CA 1981 L.A. As Seen By L.A. Artists, Invitational Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1981 Architecture de Tour, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France 1967 California Dreamin’, Los Angeles County Museum, Barnsdall Park. Los Angeles, CA 1980 Otis Art Institute Alumni Invitational, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA 1971 Art and Technology, Photographic documentation of the U.S. Arts entry at the Osaka Worlds Fair, sponsored by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art AWARDS AND GRANTS 2006 Vallejo Artist’s Guild, Vallejo, CA – First and second cash prizes 1997 Miranda Leonard Purchase Grant, Gift of four photographs to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1994 California Exposition & State Fair, AWARD, Sacramento, CA 1975 Ohio Silver Gallery National Open Exhibition, PURCHASE AWARD, Ohio Silver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1962 All City Competition, AWARD, LA County Museum of Art, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS The Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Lafayette, CA. The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA The Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco Arts Commission Oakland Museum of California The Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Fresno Museum of Art The California Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA. David Packard Collection Approximately one hundred other private collections. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1967 University of California at Long Beach, Graduate courses in Painting and Drawing. 1964 – 1967 Various Private and Public Community Centers, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. PUBLIC SERVICE 1994 – 2000 Member of the Richmond Arts Commission, Public Arts, Chair Public Affairs REPRESENTATION: Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • Creator:
    Malcolm Lubliner
  • Creation Year:
    1988
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Minor soiling on outer frame.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38211019752
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    16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Silver Gelatin

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    By David Mangus
    Located in New York, NY
    16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Silver Gelatin

  • Jerry Garcia, San Francisco, CA
    By Herb Greene
    Located in New York, NY
    16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Silver Gelatin

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    By Herb Greene
    Located in New York, NY
    16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Silver Gelatin

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    By Herb Greene
    Located in New York, NY
    16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Silver Gelatin

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